Recent Events on Chilean Miner Rescue

Luis Urzua, 54. The shift foreman who has taken on a leadership role in the mine. He helped ration food immediately after the mine collapsed and used his topographical skills to chart their underground world. He is a former football coach.

Luis Urzua, 54. The shift foreman who has taken on a leadership role in the mine. He helped ration food immediately after the mine collapsed and used his topographical skills to chart their underground world. He is a former football coach.

Franklin Lobos, 53. The former soccer player (who was known as el Mortero Magico, or the Magic Mortar) drove a taxi before taking a job at the mine because the pay was better. Lobos has hypertension. He is single.

Samuel Avalos, 43. Avalos is a father-of-three who had worked in the mine for five months. While trapped underground, he was tasked with checking air quality. He'll be bringing his air quality readings with him above ground, for further review. His brother-in-law was involved in the rescue.

Dario Segovia, 48, is a drill operator and the son of a miner. His father was once trapped in a mine, for a week. During Segovia's time underground, his sister Maria led prayers at Camp Hope. Segovia had worked at the mine for three months, drilling holes for dynamite. He has 12 brothers and sisters.

Victor Zamora, 34, was an auto mechanic and laborer who has worked at the mine for five years. He sent up poems to his wife, who is pregnant, and is the father of a 4-year-old boy. While underground, he complained of tooth pain.

Jorge Galleguillos, 55, was injured in at least two earlier mining accidents. He has 13 brothers and requires medication for hypertension. Officials have promised to help his son, who is a university student.

Alex Vega, 31, who is married with two children, had been saving to buy a house and move out of his parents' home. His father helped in rescue efforts - using a false name because officials prohibited relatives from doing the dangerous work.

Carlos Mamani, 24, the lone Bolivian, started at the mine five days before the collapse. One of 11 children who emigrated because he could find work, he has been promised a house and a job from Bolivian President Evo Morales.